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Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Sunday, September 8, 2002, 8:32
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From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
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Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction


> Quoting Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>: > > > --- wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> wrote: > > > Pablo David nevesht: > > > > > > >Japanese has three levels of deixis (this/ that/ > > > >yonder) as you said, same as Spanish (este/ ese/ > > > >aquel), where English has two. > > > > Funny that you say English has two; but write out > > three levels. ;) > > I think what he said was accurate for the standard language. > A number of nonstandard dialects, however retain <yonder> as > a third level of deixis.
It depends on whether Scots is a dialect or a language. The Ethnologue counts it as a seperate language...

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